suvenir

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• souvenir (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch souvenir, from French souvenir, from Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre (“come to mind, occur to”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /suvəˈnir/ [su.fəˈnɪr]
• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: su‧ve‧nir

Noun

suvênir (plural suvenir-suvenir)

1. souvenir (an item of sentimental value to remember an event or location)

   Synonyms: asul-asul, buah tangan, cendera mata, kenang-kenangan, oleh-oleh, tanda mata

Further reading

• “suvenir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French souvenir.

Noun

suvenir m (definite singular suveniren, indefinite plural suvenirer, definite plural suvenirene)

1. a souvenir

Derived terms

• suvenirbutikk

References

• “suvenir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French souvenir.

Noun

suvenir m (definite singular suveniren, indefinite plural suvenirar, definite plural suvenirane)

1. a souvenir

Derived terms

• suvenirbutikk

References

• “suvenir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French souvenir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.veˈniʁ/ [su.veˈnih]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.veˈniʁ/ [su.veˈnih]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.veˈniɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.veˈniʁ/ [su.veˈniχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.veˈniɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.vɨˈniɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.vɨˈniɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈniɾ/ [su.βɨˈniɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.vɨˈni.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: su‧ve‧nir

Noun

suvenir m (plural suvenires)

1. souvenir

   Synonym: recordação

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French souvenir.

Noun

suvenir n (uncountable)

1. memory
2. souvenir

Declension

Declension of suvenir

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	suvenir	suvenirul
genitive-dative	suvenir	suvenirului
vocative	suvenirule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French souvenir, from Latin subvenire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suʋěniːr/
• Hyphenation: su‧ve‧nir

Noun

suvènīr m (Cyrillic spelling сувѐнӣр)

1. souvenir

Declension

Declension of suvenir

	singular	plural
nominative	suvènīr	suveniri
genitive	suveníra	suvenira
dative	suveniru	suvenirima
accusative	suvenir	suvenire
vocative	suvenire	suveniri
locative	suveniru	suvenirima
instrumental	suvenirom	suvenirima

References

• “suvenir”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French souvenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subeˈniɾ/ [su.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: su‧ve‧nir

Noun

suvenir m (plural suvenires)

1. souvenir

   Synonym: recuerdo